... 31 jc5) J[ tt The Peacemaker. EVERYBODY will wish Mr. Lloyd George well in his latest role of peacemaker between the conflicting elements which have brought Ireland to such a de plorable pass, and the spirit in which the House of Commons received the appeal which the Prime Minister addressed to them on Thursday last augurs well for the negotiations. No one attempted to say a word which would ...

... Pictorial Politics,, Our Air Service. LORD Montagu of Beaulieu's speech at Birmingham last week confirmed in the most explicit manner the incompetence of our air service at the present moment to grapple with the dangers from enemy aircraft, which appears to be largely the outcome of con fusion between the Government and the sister services. The problem seems in reality easy to solve. The Navy ...

... Pretoria]! Politics. Welcome Sympathy. THE allied nations received with deep feelings of gratitude the message of sympathy which was addressed to them last week by 500 of the leading citizens of the United States. The signa tories were remarkable alike for their position and their repre sentative character, and their judgment, based very largely on a study of German docu ments and German ...

... The Letters of Eve Being the Correspondence of the Hon. Evelyn Fitzhenry with her friend the Lady Betty Berkshire. 200, Curzon Street, Mayfair. MY DEAR BETTY,-- Talk about the Book of Revelations-- what with short skirts and the Irish inquiry, and the things that keep coming out whenever the Censor takes a nap or there's a new de spatch on anything, it must fairly make some people's hair stand ...

... Boredom needs strafing. Being bored gets on one's nerves and hinders effort. Don't be bored. Drawing is the antidote which will keep you bright and cheery. On this topic, a Headquarters Army Officer has written thus 7.3.16. During moments of extreme boredom in France, I often wished I could sketch so as to pass the time. Please send me your Prospectuses. t capt. I sent him the prospectuses ...

... Picttoriall Polities* The Conference. THE importance of the great conference of the Allies in Paris cannot be overestimated, and M. Briand, who presided, and the other members are to be congratulated on the celerity and ease with which the various questions submitted were settled. The impression left on the minds of the British mem bers of the conference was that the material results of the ...